Journal articles: 'Entrepreneurship – Ireland'

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O’Gorman, Colm. "The study of entrepreneurship in Ireland." Irish Journal of Management 34, no. 1 (December 1, 2015): 7–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijm-2015-0003.

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Abstract In this paper, I (1) reflect on the current state of entrepreneurship research in Ireland; (2) assess the impact of Irish entrepreneurship research on four groups: students, academic peers, policymakers and practitioners; and (3) outline the factors that might shape the entrepreneurship research agenda in Ireland. While there is an established body of research on entrepreneurship in Ireland, I argue that this has had a limited impact on the international research community and, perhaps more importantly, it may not have impacted or informed, to the extent that it could, the teaching of entrepreneurship, the practice of entrepreneurship or policy relating to entrepreneurship in Ireland. The agenda for entrepreneurship research in Ireland should reflect (1) the national industrial development imperative, (2) aspects of the Irish context that offer Irish researchers a comparative advantage, (3) the changing nature of entrepreneurship and (4) emerging frameworks and theories.

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O'Connor, John, Mary Fenton, and Almar Barry. "Entrepreneurship Education: Ireland's Solution to Economic Regeneration?" Industry and Higher Education 26, no. 3 (June 2012): 241–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2012.0097.

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The significance of entrepreneurship has come into sharper focus as enterprise and innovation are being flagged as solutions to regenerate the Irish economy. The Irish Innovation Task Force believes that Ireland could become an ‘innovation hub’, attracting foreign risk capital and international and indigenous entrepreneurs to start and grow companies in Ireland. To realize these ambitions, Ireland needs to create a favourable and stable ecosystem for entrepreneurs through policy, tax, regulation, supply of finance, education and R&D. Irish higher education institutions are being exhorted to play a pivotal role in the development of an enterprise culture through entrepreneurship education (EE) and the production of graduate entrepreneurs. If HEIs are to contribute to Ireland's economic recovery they need to produce graduates capable of applying their knowledge to start and grow their own businesses. Existing paradigms provide an inadequate understanding of the complexities inherent in the provision of entrepreneurship education in Irish HEIs and its role in producing greater numbers of graduate entrepreneurs. There is a need to bridge the credibility gap between government expectations and harsh entrepreneurial realities to determine whether EE is having a positive impact on graduate enterprise development. This paper focuses on EE in Irish higher education and addresses the difficulty of measuring its effectiveness in producing graduate entrepreneurs.

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Coleman, Maébh, Angela Hamouda, and Kathryn Cormican. "The Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship (ACE) Initiative." Industry and Higher Education 24, no. 6 (December 2010): 443–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2010.0011.

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According to the GEM Ireland Report (2009), those who have exposure to entrepreneurship education in Ireland have an increased propensity to start a new venture. The importance of entrepreneurial skills was picked up by the European Union which, in its Lisbon Strategy of March 2000, declared its objective of transforming Europe into the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010, and indicated that it considered entrepreneurship to be one of the ‘new basic skills’ for this knowledge-based economy. This paper examines how Irish HEIs can improve their provision of entrepreneurship education to promote positive economic growth. In particular, the authors explore the approach, process and research of the Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative, which is a collaborative project involving five Irish HEIs aiming to produce entrepreneurial graduates in Ireland.

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Gough, Gordon. "Delivering entrepreneurship interventions in Northern Ireland." Benefits: A Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 15, no. 1 (February 2007): 87–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.51952/xaqf2179.

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Craigavon Industrial Development Organisation (CIDO) is the local enterprise agency for the Craigavon area of Northern Ireland. Established as a limited company in 1985, it is a social economy firm with a remit to create wealth and employment through helping people to start up and grow indigenous businesses. CIDO does this by providing a range of services, including: pre-start, start-up and business growth training and consultancy; a seedcorn loan fund; over 75,000 square feet of small business ‘incubator’ units and transnational business networking opportunities. Supporting small business start-ups is an important strand of welfare to work policies – it can develop skills and confidence and help people to feel empowered.

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Low, Linda. "Entrepreneurship Development in Ireland and Singapore." Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 10, no. 1 (January 2005): 116–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1354786042000309107.

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Hart, Mark. "Entrepreneurship in Ireland: a comparative study of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland." Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 1, no. 2 (January 1989): 129–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08985628900000011.

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Birdthistle, Naomi. "A study of collegiate entrepreneurship in Ireland." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 9, no. 2 (2010): 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijesb.2010.030623.

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PINA E CUNHA, MIGUEL. "ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS DECISION MAKING: RATIONAL, INTUITIVE AND IMPROVISATIONAL APPROACHES." Journal of Enterprising Culture 15, no. 01 (March 2007): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495807000022.

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In this paper entrepreneurship is presented as decision making. Mintzberg and Westley's (2001) decision making typology is adapted to the case of entrepreneurial decision making. These authors complemented the rational, step-by-step mode of decision making, with the intuitive and improvisational modes, Complementing the rational view of decision making with the analysis of entrepreneurship as intuitive or improvisational decision making, a richer and more integrated understanding of entrepreneurial behavior is obtained. To make the implications of the three decision making approaches to entrepreneurship clear, the entrepreneurial process under each of the three modes, will be considered. Ireland, Hitt and Sirmon's (2003) model of strategic entrepreneurship is used as a framework. With this framework, the three resulting theoretical representations of the entrepreneurial process will be discussed. Ireland et al,'s model of strategic entrepreneurship suggests that to understand how entrepreneurial activity leads to competitive advantage and wealth creation, four building blocks of entrepreneurial activity should be considered: entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial culture and leadership, strategic management of resources and application of creativity and development of innovation.

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Carr, Patricia. "‘Riding the Juggernaut’: Selectivity and Entrepreneurship in Ireland." Irish Journal of Sociology 5, no. 1 (May 1995): 67–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/079160359500500104.

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The creation of a class of strong native entrepreneurs has long been an aim of Irish industrial policy. Social science discussion of strategies stimulating Irish enterprise have tended to emanate from two broad theoretical viewpoints, modernisation theory and dependency theory,f which hold opposing views on the role the Stale can play in the promotion of business and enterprise. Considerations of the relationship between the State and an indigenous class of entrepreneurs have tended to centre on notions of ‘modernising’ and the ‘modernisation’ of society. This article shifts the focus away from a concentration on modernising to a consideration of the nature of modernity. The tendency to equate modernisation and modernity is liable to conceal or misrepresent the activities of certain economic actors, in particular State personnel. Using elements of the institutional analysis of modernity developed by Giddens (1991), the article examines the ‘selectivity function’ of Irish State personnel and their relationship with potential Irish entrepreneurs. This selectivity function can be construed as an attempt to establish an expert system to enable State personnel to assert some control over the enterprise culture juggernaut.

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Keating, Paul. "Entrepreneurship and economic development in Ireland: Does culture matter?" World Futures 33, no. 1-3 (April 1992): 35–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02604027.1992.9972268.

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Rhodes, Mary Lee, and Gemma Donnelly-Cox. "Hybridity and Social Entrepreneurship in Social Housing in Ireland." VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 25, no. 6 (January 7, 2014): 1630–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-013-9421-2.

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Hegarty, Cecilia. "It's not an exact science: teaching entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland." Education + Training 48, no. 5 (June 2006): 322–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00400910610677036.

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White, Anthony. "Enterprise development and entrepreneurship in third‐level courses in Ireland." Irish Educational Studies 5, no. 1 (January 1985): 219–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0332331850050117.

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Handrimurtjahjo, Agustinus Dedy. "Peran Strategic Entrepreneurship dalam Membangun Sustainable Competitive Advantage." Binus Business Review 5, no. 2 (November 28, 2014): 437. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/bbr.v5i2.992.

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Strategic entrepreneurship has emerged as a new concept in examining convergence in entrepreneurship studies (opportunity-seeking behavior) and strategic management (advantage-seeking behavior). Studies in the area of strategic management have gradually exposed the relationship betweenstrategic management and entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial strategy making; intrapreneurship; entrepreneurial strategic posture within organizations; entrepreneurial orientation; strategic managementintegration as a context for entrepreneurial actions; and entrepreneurship theory with strategic management and the resource-based view (RBV). A conceptual model of SE that has been developed by Ireland et al.suggested that a firm which linearly and sequentially: employs an entrepreneurial mindset to identify opportunities; manages resources strategically to tackle the opportunity; applies creativity and innovation; andgenerates a competitive advantage is strategic and entrepreneurship operation. Managers must maximize the pursuit of new business opportunities while simultaneously maximize the generation and application of temporary competitive advantages to sustainably create organizational value. This paper develops a conceptual framework that demonstrate the role of strategic entrepreneurship in building sustainable competitiveadvantage.

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Timothy McCarthy, Padraig, Chris O'Riordan, and Ray Griffin. "The other end of entrepreneurship: a narrative study of insolvency practice in Ireland." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 20, no. 2 (March 24, 2014): 173–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-08-2012-0084.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the other end of entrepreneurship – the disassembling of enterprises by insolvency professionals. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on empirical material from major insolvency practitioners (IPs) in Ireland; the paper identifies three different narrative positions – “clinical market operators”, “blame the entrepreneurs” and “professional detachment/disidentification” – that these specialists employed to story their working experiences. Findings – The paper suggests that IPs do not have a fixed narrative schema to narrate their professional identities, as they struggle to reconcile their professional acts with their personal ambitions. These findings point to a disconnection between the political rhetoric on risk taking and the acts perpetrated on entrepreneurs who fail, a central tension in the discourse on entrepreneurship policy. Research limitations/implications – The paper adds to the current debate on business failure, an area that is typically under-researched and under-theorised in entrepreneurship studies. By offering a response to calls for more multi-perspective research, this paper makes a significant contribution to extant interpretive literature on business failure. While the method of analysing stories is widely accepted in social science research, researchers seeking to replicate this study may produce different results; this is a taken for granted outcome of the method. Practical implications – The analysis suggests that the current legislative impetus to ameliorate the implications of insolvency, driven by an aspiration to encourage second-chance entrepreneurship, faces resistance from IPs as they attempt to fulfil their professional obligations. In the absence of legislative reform, the impulse, perhaps even process necessity, of IPs to dialogically position themselves against failed entrepreneurs is likely to continue. Originality/value – The paper's originality and value arise from its unique consideration of other end of entrepreneurship; offering novel insights into the difficulties IPs have in narrating their working lives.

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McGowan, Pauric, and Sarah Cooper. "Promoting Technology-Based Enterprise in Higher Education." Industry and Higher Education 22, no. 1 (February 2008): 29–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000008783876968.

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The research discussed in this paper explores the impact of a higher education initiative targeted at developing entrepreneurial capability and encouraging student technology venturing activity in Northern Ireland. The initiative in question is the £25,000 enterprise competition run by the Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship (NICENT). The authors report the outcomes of exploratory survey-based research to establish the competition's impact on participants and its contribution to the development of positive attitudes towards technology transfer and enterprise by aspiring, would-be new venturers.

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Nolan, Patrick, and David Coghlan. "Confronting long term unemployment through social entrepreneurship." Concepts and Transformation 7, no. 3 (December 31, 2002): 277–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/cat.7.3.05nol.

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The focus of this article is a social entrepreneurship initiative in Ireland that aimed at training long term unemployed people from 11 deprived areas in the Dublin region for jobs in the information technology industry. The initiative comprised a partnership of industry, government, state training agencies and local communities. Adopting action research as the methodology, the paper describes the evolution and construction of the design and implementation of the project from the perspective of first, second and third person research practice. The paper reflects on the outcomes from the initiative to date and concludes with a description of a possible model for dealing with similar persistent social problems.

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KEARNEY, CLAUDINE, ROBERT D. HISRICH, and FRANK W. ROCHE. "CHANGE MANAGEMENT THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISES." Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 15, no. 04 (December 2010): 415–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1084946710001646.

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Corporate entrepreneurship has been of interest to academics, business leaders and government officials over the past four decades, particularly in terms of enhancing organizational performance. Although the understanding of corporate entrepreneurship continues to develop, the research usually focuses on private sector business activity. The research to date has not provided a consensus on the nature of public sector corporate entrepreneurship. Even though in recent years the topic has appeared in the public administration literature with increasing frequency, public sector corporate entrepreneurship remains poorly defined and its interpretation fragmented. In this study, public sector corporate entrepreneurship is investigated by developing and testing an integrative model using data obtained from 134 public sector state and semi-state enterprises in Ireland. The results indicate public sector organizations can manage change through entrepreneurship when they adapt to a munificent environment and when the decision-making style and control system is aligned. Public sector organizations focusing on corporate entrepreneurship (renewal) are at least marginally positively associated with organizational performance (growth and development) a primary policy goal particularly in the current economic climate. The article concludes by discussing the implications for theory, practice and future research areas.

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Rae, David, Harry Matlay, Pauric McGowan, and Andrew Penaluna. "Freedom or Prescription: The Case for Curriculum Guidance in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education." Industry and Higher Education 28, no. 6 (December 2014): 387–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2014.0227.

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This article reviews the development of guidance and frameworks for enterprise and entrepreneurship education (EEE) in higher education institutions with reference to the international and European contexts as well as educational development in the UK and Ireland. The arguments for and the possible limitations and disadvantages of such frameworks are discussed. There has been extensive work on EEE and on the development of competence models, for example at secondary education level. This work is critically reviewed to identify its contribution to the development of educational guidance internationally and specifically in the UK and Ireland. The paper provides a critical narrative of the development of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) guidance in the UK and the Higher Education Training and Awards Council (HETAC) document in Ireland by experts involved in the design process and compares the approaches proposed. While at European level there has been greater emphasis on institutional frameworks focusing on the ‘entrepreneurial university’, there is scope for comparison with the above educational frameworks. Feedback and observations from enterprise educators at an international level are summarized to contextualize a debate on the value, contribution, possible disadvantages and future development of such frameworks. The international interest in and adoption of related approaches have been considerable and these are assessed. The paper has implications for educational policies on EEE at national and HE institutional levels, as well as for the practices of educators in designing, validating and delivering educational awards.

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Cronin, Mike. "Entrepreneurship in an Amateur World: The Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland." International Journal of the History of Sport 35, no. 7-8 (May 24, 2018): 694–708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2018.1551207.

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Ryan, Paul, and Majella Giblin. "High-tech Clusters, Innovation Capabilities and Technological Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Ireland." World Economy 35, no. 10 (September 11, 2012): 1322–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9701.2012.01486.x.

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HYRSKY, KIMMO. "ENTREPRENEURSHIP: METAPHORS AND RELATED CONCEPTS." Journal of Enterprising Culture 06, no. 04 (December 1998): 391–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495898000229.

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In past research there has been continuous controversy over the definition of entrepreneurship and the identification of entrepreneurs. By combining the ideas of entrepreneurship and linguistics, this paper takes a different approach to examining entrepreneurial definitions. An exploratory analysis of entrepreneurial metaphors and concepts is conducted to study informants' perceptions of these two terms. The sample consists of 751 respondents from Scandinavia, Ireland, Australia and Canada. In the quantitative analysis of entrepreneurial concepts, respondents defined the terms 'entrepreneur' and 'entrepreneurship' with suggested conceptual equivalents. In the metaphor analysis, informants came up with metaphorical expressions of entrepreneurship. Particular attention was paid to looking for differences in conceptualizations between (1) entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs, (2) males and females, and (3) Scandinavians and native English speakers. Entrepreneurial respondents perceived the concepts of entrepreneurship more positively than other respondents. The same applied to differences between females and males respectively. In the cross-cultural comparison, the Scandinavians seemed to have a more positive picture of entrepreneurship than their English-speaking counterparts. As regards the entrepreneurial metaphors, they are grouped into the following semantic categories: Machine(ry) and other Physical Objects, Warfare and Adventure, Sports and Games, Creativity and Activity, Nature, "Disease", Food Items, and Special Features.

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Regan, Padraic. "Flying on course." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 18, no. 2 (May 2017): 128–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1465750317706440.

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This case sets out the long-standing tradition of entrepreneurship and innovation in a public-sector organization located on the periphery of both Ireland and Europe. With regional development and employment creation at its core, the airport has grappled with technological innovation, regulatory changes, cyclical industry downturns and ownership restructurings in order to survive.

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Fleming, Patricia. "Education for Entrepreneurship in the Curriculum at University Level." Industry and Higher Education 13, no. 6 (December 1999): 405–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000099101294753.

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This paper discusses how the higher education system may be used as a mechanism to instil entrepreneurial beliefs and develop entrepreneurial skills among a graduate population. In particular, it examines the objectives, content, teaching method and outcomes of an integrated entrepreneurship programme developed at the University of Limerick in Ireland. A process model of entrepreneurship education is presented. Educating for enterprise promotes an awareness of business ownership as a career option and motivates young people to look creatively at their future opportunities. Graduate expertise is also crucial to many sectors of the economy where increasingly enterprise skills and competencies can stimulate a change philosophy that will foster growth.

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Garcia-Lorenzo, Lucia, Paul Donnelly, Lucia Sell-Trujillo, and J. Miguel Imas. "Liminal Entrepreneuring: The Creative Practices of Nascent Necessity Entrepreneurs." Organization Studies 39, no. 2-3 (October 24, 2017): 373–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840617727778.

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This paper contributes to creative entrepreneurship studies through exploring ‘liminal entrepreneuring’, i.e., the organization-creation entrepreneurial practices and narratives of individuals living in precarious conditions. Drawing on a processual approach to entrepreneurship and Turner’s liminality concept, we study the transition from un(der)employment to entrepreneurship of 50 nascent necessity entrepreneurs (NNEs) in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The paper asks how these agents develop creative entrepreneuring practices in their efforts to overcome their condition of ‘necessity’. The analysis shows how, in their everyday liminal entrepreneuring, NNEs disassemble their identities and social positions, experiment with new relationships and alternative visions of themselves, and (re)connect with entrepreneuring ideas and practices in a new way, using imagination and organization-creation practices to reconstruct both self and context in the process. The results question and expand the notion of entrepreneuring in times of socio-economic stress.

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Birdthistle, Naomi. "Under the microscope – an examination of the supports for ethnic entrepreneurs in Ireland." Education + Training 61, no. 6 (July 8, 2019): 666–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/et-07-2018-0157.

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Purpose Because entrepreneurs operate in a world of uncertainty, the ability to analyse a situation, extract the important and ignore the superfluous, compare potential outcomes, and extrapolate from other experiences to the current one is vital. Researchers have identified several skills an entrepreneur requires to operate their business and the purpose of this paper is to examine if the training and support necessary for entrepreneurship to occur within ethnic communities exists in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach This study was carried out among established ethnic entrepreneurs and representatives from support agencies in Ireland. A quantitative research methods approach was adopted using online surveys. Responses from 36 ethnic entrepreneurs and eight support organisations were received. Findings Targeted programmes offered by service providers included programmes in foreign languages; providing literature in foreign languages; and specially designed seminars for ethnic entrepreneurs. Of the established ethnic entrepreneurs, the majority indicated that, although they have deficiencies in their skillset they did not avail of programmes because they were unaware of them. Originality/value Irish service providers need to provide additional services to ethnic entrepreneurs to be on par with their EU counterparts. Irish service providers need to provide general and targeted training programmes through minority languages. If Ireland wants to continue being known as the “land of a hundred thousand welcomes” and be able to support the much-anticipated asylum seekers who may choose entrepreneurship as a career option, it needs to consider the adoption of the recommendations of this study and provide better tailored services for the ethnic entrepreneur.

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O'Farrell, P. N., and A. R. Pickles. "Entrepreneurial Behaviour within Male Work Histories: A Sector-Specific Analysis." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 21, no. 3 (March 1989): 311–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a210311.

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In this paper, aspects of entrepreneurship in Ireland—North and South—based upon a sample of 4300 male work histories are analysed. Complementary log-log models are employed to investigate the factors underlying the first business startup by an individual. A between-sector analysis of entrepreneurial behaviour is presented; the preceding employment experience of entrepreneurs is analysed; and their subsequent employment spell is examined. Results show that religious denomination is not associated with self-employment in any sectors, but that Anglicans are more likely to set up employer businesses outwith the construction industry. There are also spatial differences in entrepreneurial expression, with the highest levels of formation of employer business occurring throughout Northern Ireland and the Dublin region of the Republic.

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Guillén, Mauro F., and Sandra L. Suárez. "Developing the Internet: entrepreneurship and public policy in Ireland, Singapore, Argentina, and Spain." Telecommunications Policy 25, no. 5 (June 2001): 349–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0308-5961(01)00009-x.

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Bielenberg, Andy. "Entrepreneurship, Power and Public Opinion in Ireland: The Career of William Martin Murphy." Irish Economic and Social History 27, no. 1 (June 2000): 25–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/033248930002700102.

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Sarfati, Gilberto. "Public Policies for Entrepreneurship: the Cases of Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ireland, and Italy." Academy of Management Proceedings 2012, no. 1 (July 2012): 10641. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2012.10641abstract.

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Leon, Crina. "Andreas Sønning – Keys to Concert Productions and Creative Entrepreneurship." Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies 12, no. 1 (August 15, 2020): 121–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.53604/rjbns.v12i1_8.

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Andreas Sønning is a Norwegian flute soloist, an Associate Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music and at the same time the owner and artistic director of Sønning Music Performance in Oslo, a company yearly producing more than 100 performances both in Norway and abroad. The company established in 1994 has had partnerships with for instance Telenor, Nordea and Total E&P Exploration Norway but has also prepared various productions for Norwegian authorities. Andreas Sønning has been a visiting professor to the Norwegian universities of Oslo and Agder and to universities, conservatories and cultural institutions in the other Northern countries, in Germany, England, Ireland, the Netherlands and USA. He has lectured extensively on creative and cultural entrepreneurship. In February 2020 he was invited to take part in the first edition of the Classix Festival in Iaşi, a festival whose artistic director is Dragoş Andrei Cantea, a former student of Andreas Sønning. The present interview was taken on April 22, 2020.

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Kearney, Claudine, Robert D. Hisrich, and Bostjan Antoncic. "THE MEDIATING ROLE OF CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE." Journal of Business Economics and Management 14, Supplement_1 (December 24, 2013): S328—S357. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16111699.2012.720592.

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A model is proposed that tests the antecedents and the mediating effect of corporate entrepreneurship on the external environment-performance relationship within private and public sector organizations. Hypotheses were tested using data from a sample of chief executive officers in 51 private sector organizations in the United States, 141 private sector organizations in Slovenia and 134 public sector state and semi-state enterprises in Ireland. Data was analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. The results show that dynamism and munificence effects on performance are mediated by an organization's corporate entrepreneurship in the private sector and munificence effects on performance are mediated by an organization's renewal in the public sector and that renewal must be in place to maximize the effect of munificence on performance. The results support a model that incorporates an extensive and diverse literature into a single model and helps illuminate similarities and differences of corporate entrepreneurship between the private sector and the public sector. The study shows that an integrative model and the interplay among the constructs yields new insights unavailable to single and focused approaches. It offers new insights about corporate entrepreneurship, not only as a discrete pursuit, but also as a construct that shapes and extends organizational performance.

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Mandić, Dragan, Zoran Borović, and Mladen Jovićević. "Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity: Evidence from EU 11 Countries." ECONOMICS 5, no. 2 (December 20, 2017): 11–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eoik-2017-0020.

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Summary In this paper, we will present the results of our survey on economic freedom and entrepreneurial activity. We have conducted our analysis on EU 11countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom) for the time period 2000- 2014. To measure the entrepreneurial activity we have used data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, and to measure economic freedom, we have used data from Fraiser Institute. Our results suggest strong positive and statistically significant, long term impact of economic freedom on entrepreneurial activity.

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Konecka-Szydłowska, B., and M. Czupich. "Coworking — A New Entrepreneurship Model in the Sharing Economy." Economy of regions 18, no. 1 (2022): 280–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.17059/ekon.reg.2022-1-20.

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The starting point for the considerations contained in the article is ‘the sharing economy’ as a new business model. It modifies the way resources are used. Nowadays, possession of resources loses its significance at the expense of their temporary accessibility. In this context, resources can be numerous: time, skills, cars, bicycles, living and office space, just to name a few. In the last case, sharing is referred to as ‘coworking’. It is identified with the new work culture, which enables freelancers and other people working remotely to concentrate in a shared office space. The research hypothesis concerns differences in the functioning of coworking spaces depending on the location. These spaces can be found not only in large cities but more often in small towns and rural areas. Their offer and way of functioning significantly differ. The purpose of the article is to present the essence of coworking and the differences arising from the functioning of coworking spaces in large cities as well as in small towns and rural areas. The article uses employs such research methods as literature studies and case studies from the USA, Italy, Ireland, Serbia and Poland. Literature studies were used to present the idea of coworking, its benefits and users. It was also indicated that coworking spaces bring added value in the form of such values as, among others, community, openness, and cooperation. Analysis of case studies has shown that examples of coworking derived from small towns and rural areas, unlike the ones in agglomerations, arise as a result of grass-roots initiatives, they are not of a commercial nature, and their survival is very precarious. Even though their offer is much more modest than that of network ones from large cities, they use their potential. It can be presumed that the level of relations between coworking participants (mutual assistance, cooperation, trust) is inversely proportional to the size of the city/rural area. This is a contribution to further in-depth research on the features of coworking spaces.

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Castaño-Martínez, María-Soledad, María-Teresa Méndez-Picazo, and Miguel-Ángel Galindo-Martín. "Policies to promote entrepreneurial activity and economic performance." Management Decision 53, no. 9 (October 19, 2015): 2073–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-06-2014-0393.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of some political measures on entrepreneurship to promote economic growth and employment, specifically, R & D policies, training, elimination of administrative barriers, access to finance support and promotion of entrepreneurial culture. Design/methodology/approach – Seven hypotheses are tested developing a latent variables model with data from 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and UK) in 2012, using partial least squares estimation method. Findings – Greater expenditure on R & D by governments and universities, public investment in education and measures to stimulate entrepreneurial culture have a positive effect on entrepreneurship. Furthermore, countries with complex legal systems which regulate the start-up of an economic activity and where access to credit is complicated, present lower levels of entrepreneurship. Societies with a greater number of innovative entrepreneurs present higher levels of entrepreneurial activity and economic performance. Finally, human capital and entrepreneurial activity positively affect economic performance in the case of the European countries studied in the sample. Practical implications – The results obtained in the paper would facilitate the design of measures to stimulate to entrepreneurs and improve economic performance. Originality/value – Several factors, qualitative and quantitative, have been considered in the analysis that they have not traditionally included in the analysis of the entrepreneurship behaviour taking into account the role played by the policy makers measures to improve such behaviour.

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UTOYO, INDRA, AVANTI FONTANA, and ARYANA SATRYA. "THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AND CONFIGURING CORE INNOVATION CAPABILITIES TO ENHANCE INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN A DISRUPTIVE ENVIRONMENT." International Journal of Innovation Management 24, no. 06 (October 17, 2019): 2050060. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919620500607.

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Digital disruption leads to high-level risk in innovation management that will impact established firms in disrupted industries. This study investigates the key variables to enhance innovation performance (IP) in a disruptive environment by applying strategic entrepreneurship framework from [Hitt, MA, DG Sirmon, RD Ireland and CA Trahms (2011). Strategic entrepreneurship: Creating value for individuals, organizations, and society. Academic of Management Executive, 25(5), 57–75]. This study sampled the managers of two largest established firms in telecommunication and banking industries in Indonesia. Both industries are in top five of the most disrupted industries. Entrepreneurial leadership (EL) is essential in formulating innovation strategy. This leadership variable has multicollinearity with that of entrepreneurial culture (EC). It indicates that both variables are symbiotic. While in implementing innovation strategy, the configuring core innovation capabilities that combine exploring the opportunity and exploiting the firm’s advantage enhance the IP. Due to core rigidities, this configuring core innovation capabilities should not be orchestrated with collaborative innovation.

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Stephens, Simon, Christopher McLaughlin, and Katrina McLaughlin. "Entrepreneurs responding to the COVID-19 crisis: evidence from Ireland." Irish Journal of Management 40, no. 2 (December 1, 2021): 143–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2021-0010.

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Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore the impact that the initial stages of the COVID-19 crisis had on entrepreneurs. We present the experiences of fifteen entrepreneurs. The data was collected, using interviews. We focus on the impact that the temporary business closures which were introduced had on the entrepreneurs’ ability and propensity to continue. The interviews took place during a period of great uncertainty for the entrepreneurs and at times when their availability was extremely limited. We present data characterising the entrepreneurs; their experience during a time of crisis; and the enablers and disablers to the continuation of their entrepreneurial journey. Our analysis is based on four themes from the literature: the psychological wellbeing of the entrepreneurs; their changing attitudes to entrepreneurship; the changes they made to their business; and the supports that they needed. The outcome is novel insights into the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Williams, Perrí, and Mary Fenton. "Towards a Good Practice Model for an Entrepreneurial HEI." Industry and Higher Education 27, no. 6 (December 2013): 499–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2013.0183.

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This paper reports on an examination of the perspectives of academics, enterprise enablers and graduate entrepreneurs of an entrepreneurial higher education institution (HEI). The research was conducted in Ireland among 30 graduate entrepreneurs and 15 academics and enterprise enablers (enterprise development agency personnel) to provide a triangulated perspective of the HEI. While acknowledging the presence of initiatives to promote entrepreneurship, the graduate entrepreneurs believed that the HEI does not prepare students for self-employment because HEIs are focused on preparing students for employment, because of the academic nature of entrepreneurship education (EE), and because a ‘one size fits all’ approach to EE fails to recognize the heterogeneity of learners' needs. However, they conceded that graduate enterprise programmes provided them with the necessary ‘breathing space’ to develop their businesses. In contrast, some enterprise enablers believed that HEIs could be a ‘hiding place’, protecting student and graduate entrepreneurs from the harsh realities of commercial life. While this paper provides a nuanced understanding of what constitutes good practice, the authors concede that there is no formulaic blueprint for an entrepreneurial HEI. More significantly, they conclude that the notion of an entrepreneurial HEI may yet be a step too far for many institutions, because entrepreneurship has yet to gain legitimacy, particularly in the Irish HE sector.

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Sarfat, Gilberto. "DO PUBLIC POLICIES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP MAKE A DIFFERENCE? PROSPECTIVE SCENARIOS FOR CANADA, IRELAND, AND ITALY." Future Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies 04, no. 01 (June 1, 2012): 114–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.7444/future.v4i1.95.

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Mottiar, Ziene. "Exploring the motivations of tourism social entrepreneurs." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 28, no. 6 (June 13, 2016): 1137–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-06-2014-0278.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the motivations of social entrepreneurs. It explores the case of the Gathering in Ireland in 2013, when against a backdrop of recession, the national Government encouraged individuals and communities to organize events and invite the Diaspora to visit Ireland as a way of helping the country to revitalize. Some 5,000 events took place across the country during the year, and this paper examines this in the context of social entrepreneurship. Three research questions are posed: Who were these tourism and social entrepreneurs who organized events as a result of the Gathering? What motivated them to engage in these activities? Will this social entrepreneurship activity be maintained beyond 2013 and how has it been impacted by the Gathering? Design/methodology/approach The empirical research was conducted in two counties in Ireland, Co. Kerry and Co. Westmeath. The research tools used were key informant interviews, a survey of event organizers and focus groups. Findings Key findings show that the Gathering has resulted in the emergence of new social entrepreneurs, but it has also had a positive impact on those who had run their events before, as it made them be more strategic in the way they planned and ran their event and also resulted in them thinking about these events in terms of tourists rather than just the local community. They also developed new skills which will aid their future development. It is clear that social entrepreneurs can play a fundamental role in the development of tourism destinations, and this is an important topic for researchers in tourism to be concerned about. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies in the fact that it addresses the issue of motivation of social entrepreneurs and challenges us to think more about how these types of entrepreneurs identify the problem that they will address. Furthermore, this case shows that the motivation for such action can be prompted by a national strategy, rather than as the literature heretofore represented it as an innate motivation that materialized and developed within particular individuals.

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McDonnell, S. "Social entrepreneurship and the provision of physiotherapist-led post-natal exercise and pilates programmes in Ireland." Physiotherapy 101 (May 2015): e975-e976. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.1833.

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Makieła, Zbigniew. "Przedsiębiorczość w Polsce w układzie regionalnym." Przedsiębiorczość - Edukacja 3 (January 1, 2007): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20833296.3.2.

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Entrepreneurship is a process which proceeds in stages and is characterized by variableintensity. That is why we need methods and measurement instruments that help us to follow itsimage with precision and in particular stages. According the studies conducted by GlobalEntrepreneurship Monitor, two groups of people who are involved in a new economic enterpri-se, can be identified. The first group consists beginning entrepreneurs, active in developing oftheir companies run for 34 years. People from the second group are trying to start their busi-ness and independently or together with their partners undertake some definite activities (suchas looking for location of the company, working out the strategy of their activity, looking forfunds and business partners).Basal measurement or so called coefficient of entrepreneurship (the engagement rate in a neweconomic enterprise) reckons sum of two indexes for two groups. In 2004 the entrepreneurshipcoefficient in Poland amounted 8,3%. It means that among thousand Poles at the age of 1864,almost 90 are involved in starting or developing their business. The value of this coefficient hasincreased to 1,6% in comparison with the previous 2000/2001 years. The value of this entrepre-neurship coefficient in Poland is high and is higher than similar one in Ireland, Norway, Israel,Great Britain, France, and Greece. Only such countries as Canada, Argentina, Australia and Brazil have higher value of the coefficient. Comparing the value of analyzed coefficient amongthe countries of European Union, only Ireland gets ahead Poland and at the same time therewasnt statistically essential difference between coefficient of value in Poland and Ireland.Among countries in political system transformation, except Poland, only Hungary had a highcoefficient of value, however Croatia, Slovenia and Russia accepted the lowest value amongEuropean countries.

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Christauskas, Česlovas, and Rasa Žilionė. "SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN FROM ETHNIC MINORITY: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 4 (May 28, 2021): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2021vol4.6175.

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The empowerment of women and the improvement of their political, social, economic and health status is a highly important and is one of the Global Sustainable Goals. Gender Equality index 2020 of EU-28 is 67.9, slowly increasing (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2021). Although there are some researches related to women empowerment and economic development (Siba, 2019, Hemalatha, 2020, Doss, Malapit, Comstock, 2020, etc.) or social entrepreneurship (Biggeri, Testi, Bellucci, During, Persson, 2018; Briar-Lawson, Miesing, Ram, 2020, etc.), combining these two fields and especially adding women from ethnic minority is very rare in scientific researches.The aim of the paper is to highlight challenges and possibilities of social entrepreneurship for empowerment of women from ethnic minority.This paper is based on Erasmus+ project “Empowering Women from Ethnic Minorities Through Social Enterprises” (abbrev. EMwoSE) analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data retrieved in Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania and Turkey. International data gives to the paper additional value in picturing the bigger picture of the situation in European countries.However, women starting a social enterprise is itself contributing to women’s empowerment, assuming that social enterprise can be culturally more acceptable for women from ethnic minorities.

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Kenny, Breda. "Meeting the entrepreneurial learning needs of professional athletes in career transition." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 21, no. 2 (April 13, 2015): 175–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-07-2013-0113.

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Purpose – A career at the professional, elite level in sports does not last forever. One way or another, the day comes when players have to hang up their boots and move on, but to what? Some stay in the sport as managers or coaches, become broadcast announcers, or use their name recognition to pitch a product. However, for many their future opportunities lie in entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of the entrepreneurial learning needs of professional rugby players preparing for a career transition and asks the following questions: What are the specific needs of professional athletes in relation to entrepreneurial learning?, and, what are the key elements of designing an entrepreneurship programme to meet these needs? Design/methodology/approach – The author adopted an interpretivist philosophical standpoint for this research, with an inductive research approach to explore various components of a tailored entrepreneurship training programme called the “Certificate in Enterprise Potential” (CEP) using the process of emergent inquiry. This programme was designed specifically for professional rugby athletes in Ireland. In gathering the data for the case study, the author pursued established principles of data collection, and used multiple sources of evidence. Findings – The findings provide evidence of the entrepreneurial learning needs of professional athletes in career transition and identifies the key elements to be considered when designing an entrepreneurship programme to meet these needs. The findings are presented under the headings context, objectives and outcomes, audience, content, pedagogy, assessment and evaluation. Research limitations/implications – There are multiple implications from this study. For entrepreneurship educators, the various components of designing a tailored entrepreneurship programme for professional athletes are identified and outlined. For researchers, it opens the door for research with other sports people from different contexts. For professional athletes and professionals working with athletes, it provides evidence of a non-athletic and an entrepreneurial career transition model that builds on the player’s social identity, social networks and taps into an existing HEI entrepreneurship ecosystem. The research was confined to a single case study for a specific target audience and needs replication with other cohorts in order to reduce the chance of these findings being unique to one single case. Originality/value – This paper focuses on the career transition and mid-career aspect of entrepreneurship education and in particular the career transition needs of the professional athletes. These findings provide a deeper understanding of mid-career entrepreneurship education, specifically in the contexts of professional athletes and HEI’s. Many athletes are forced to end their sporting careers early and with little hope of a meaningful or alternative long-term career options. This paper goes some way in addressing this concern.

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Little, Conor. "Intra-party policy entrepreneurship and party goals: the case of political parties’ climate policy preferences in Ireland." Irish Political Studies 32, no. 2 (March 8, 2017): 199–223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2017.1297800.

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McGloughlin, Elizabeth Kate, Paul Anglim, Ivan Keogh, and Faisal Sharif. "Innovation for the future of Irish MedTech industry: retrospective qualitative review of impact of BioInnovate Ireland’s clinical fellows." BMJ Innovations 4, no. 1 (November 24, 2017): 32–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2016-000184.

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Clinicians have historically been integral in innovating and developing technology in medicine and surgery. In recent years, however, in an increasingly complex healthcare system, a doctor with innovative ideas is often left behind. Transition from idea to bedside now entails significant hurdles, which often go unrecognised at the outset, particularly for first-time innovators. The BioInnnovate Ireland process, based on the Stanford Biodesign Programme (Identify, Invent and Implement), aims to streamline the process of innovation within the MedTech sector. These programmes focus on needs-based innovation and enable multidisciplinary teams to innovate and collaborate more succinctly. In this preliminary study, the authors aimed to examine the impact of BioInnovate Ireland has had on the clinicians involved and validate the collaborative process. To date, 13 fellows with backgrounds in clinical medicine have participated in the BioInnovate programme. Ten of these clinicians remain involved in clinical innovation projects with four of these working on Enterprise Ireland funded commercialisation grants and one working as chief executive officer of a service-led start-up, Strive. Of these, five also remain engaged in clinical practice on a full or part-time basis. The clinicians who have returned to full-time clinical practice have used the process and learning of the programme to influence their individual clinical areas and actively seek innovative solutions to meet clinical challenges. Clinicians, in particular, describe gaining value from the BioInnovate programme in areas of ‘Understanding Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Business Strategy’. Further study is needed into the quantitative impact on the ecosystem and impact to other stakeholders.

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Henderson, Dylan. "Policy entrepreneurship in context: Understanding the emergence of novel policy solutions for services innovation in Finland and Ireland." Science and Public Policy 46, no. 5 (May 5, 2019): 668–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scz020.

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Abstract Policy entrepreneurs have been identified as playing an important role in the emergence of public policies for innovation. Despite the growing number of studies, the role of context has only recently begun to be explored in detail. This article contributes by investigating the interplay between the institutional context and the strategies of policy entrepreneurs, in the successful introduction of new policy ideas for services innovation. Building on insights from institutional theory, it argues that policy entrepreneurs are embedded in a multidimensional context of field-level conditions, multi-level standard operating procedures for policy development, and the social position of actors. It explores the activities of policy entrepreneurs in two countries—Finland and Ireland—and finds that differences in the institutional context help explain why some entrepreneurs are able to develop and implement new policies, while others fail. The article draws on comparative case study evidence including documentary analysis and interviews.

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Chaihuaque Dueñas, Bruno. "Webb, Justin, Duane Ireland & David Ketchen Jr. «Toward a greater understanding of entrepreneurship and strategy in informal economy». Strategy Entrepreneurship Journal, 8 (1), pp. 1-15." 360: Revista de Ciencias de la Gestión, no. 2 (2017): 146–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.18800/360gestion.201702.010.

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Nolan, Stephen, Eleonore Perrin Massebiaux, and Tomas Gorman. "Saving Jobs, Promoting Democracy: Worker Co-Operatives." Irish Journal of Sociology 21, no. 2 (November 2013): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.7227/ijs.21.2.8.

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The article examines transformative alternatives that may offer pathways to a more participative, sustainable and equitable social order. It focuses on one form of alternative, worker-owned co-operatives, and argues this existing form of democratic and economic relations has already proven capacity to generate more equitable socio-economic outcomes and residual social capital. The worker-owned model islocated within an ideological framework that focuses on the inherent democratising principles of their praxis that can in the right circumstances underpin firm strategic foundations for radical social change. It examines the development of worker-owned co-ops in Ireland north and south and the obstacles that need to be overcome to make these a more feasible and common form of economic ownership. Reflecting on the current debate in Ireland it argues such co-ops cannot work effectively without a secure legal framework governing their status and softer supports including entrepreneurship development, leadership training, market research, accessing loan finance and grant aid, inter-cooperative networking and federation building. The article poses workers' co-operatives as sites of political struggle and consciousness, expressed in co-operatives' core values including sovereignty of labour, the subordinate nature of capital, democracy, inter-cooperation and sustainability, and in tangible democratic experiences and transformative praxis.

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Murtagh, Brendan. "Ageing and the social economy." Social Enterprise Journal 13, no. 3 (August 7, 2017): 216–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sej-02-2017-0009.

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Purpose This purpose of this paper is to concern with the extent to which social economies can be constructed as alternatives to private and state markets and their purported neoliberal tendencies. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a meta-evaluation of an integrated set of projects supported by philanthropic investment to build finance, skills, entrepreneurship, social enterprises and non-monetised trading in the age sector in Northern Ireland. Findings The programme had important successes in stimulating social entrepreneurship, improving employability and showing how social enterprises can be incubated and scaled to offer new services for older people. It also improved skills in contract readiness, but this did not translate into new borrowing or trading models, even among larger NGOs. Research limitations/implications In that all economies are, to some extent, constructed and socially mediated, there is value in thinking through the components, relationships and projects that might make the ecosystem work more effectively. This should not just offer a counterweight to the market but could explore how an alternative arena for producing and consuming goods and services can be formed, especially among potentially vulnerable age communities. Originality/value The albeit, small-scale investment in a range of interrelated projects shows not only the value in experimentation but also the limits in planned attempts to construct social markets. The analysis shows that social economies need to respond to the priorities of older people, grown from community initiatives and better connected to the capabilities and resources of the sector.

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